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RAVE Act RAVE Act 2003 returns just as ominous as before! April 13, 2004 - Things you can do to protect live music. Thanks to Sheldon Drake for the tip. August 20, 2003 - Oppose RAVE Act II from the Drug Policy Alliance. May 30, 2003 - When Holding a Party Is a Crime. Remember Prohibition? Well, no, you probably don't. But that's okay: now you have something to tell your kids about. March 30, 2003 - The act is now law, signed by President Bush. The Drug Policy Alliance reports that Senator Biden denounced the "fierce resistance" the bill received and the Drug Policy Alliance for their role in it. April 30, 2003 - How the act (and the bi-partisanship behind it) may help Green Party candidate Pete Karas grab more attention from young voters in Election 2004. The Drug Policy Alliance says that supporters of the RAVE Act have stopped calling that and have included it in S.22, a popular omnibus domestic security bill. The bill is sponsored by Senator Tom Daschle and the troubling drug war provisions are in the section entitled "Crack House Statute Amendments." Fax Senator Daschle and tell him you oppose the "crack house statute" amendments in S.22. Call your Senators and tell them the same thing. Here is more information on the RAVE Act and how the S. 22 "crack house" provisions will affect public health, free speech, and property rights. Read it before you call to be more educated on the facts and be able to answer any questions staffers may have. See the RAVE Act 2002 for some background of what happened last year.
More information on S. 2633 - the RAVE Act can be found on the EM:DEF web site. Here's what the RAVE Act entailes: RAVE can stop any promoter from having a gathering, EVEN in a home. It does not state what kind of music, size of gathering, or any other limiting value to protect people who are innocent. The act is "To prohibit an individual from knowingly opening, maintaining, managing, controlling, renting, leasing, making available for use, or profiting from any place for the purpose of manufacturing, distributing, or using any controlled substance, and for other purposes." They claim that 'chill rooms' are to help the exploited youth of america literally 'cool off' from the increase of body temperatue experienced during an MDMA high. "(6) Because rave promoters know that Ecstasy causes the body temperature in a user to rise and as a result causes the user to become very thirsty, many rave promoters facilitate and profit from flagrant drug use at rave parties or events by selling over-priced bottles of water and charging entrance fees to `chill-rooms' where users can cool down." "(d)(1) Any person who violates subsection (a) shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than the greater of-- (A) $250,000; or (B) 2 times the gross receipts, either known or estimated, that were derived from each violation that is attributable to the person." NO ONE NEEDS TO BE ACTUALLY PROVEN TO HAVE OR HAVE INGESTED ANY ILLEGAL SUBSTANCE FOR THIS PROPOSED LAW TO BE ENFORCED. Electronic Music Defense and Education Fund
Raving Lunacy by Glenn Reynolds
Thanks to Brian Buckman for the quotes and interpretations. While the bill would seem on the surface to be aimed solely at the Rave scene, a quick read of the actual text reveals that, according to this bill, any event where people gather together to listen to "electronic" music would be targeted. It is just as much in the interest of fans of Industrial, EBM, Synthpop, House, Trance, etc, to speak out against this bill as it is for the ravers. One could even go so far as to say that an electric guitar is an electronic instrument . . . stranger things have happened.
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